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Why cluster’s galaxies are unlike those in all the other known protoclusters is a mystery, says UC Riverside-led team

UC Riverside astronomer and colleagues use simulations to reveal how the very faint dwarf galaxies are born

UC Riverside-led study points to a seed black hole produced by a dark matter halo collapse

UC Riverside-led study finds extreme tidal mass loss in dwarf galaxies formed in a simulation

Open-source code developed at UC Riverside is free, versatile, and easy to use

UC Riverside-led team’s technique relied on determining the mass of galaxy clusters

Astronomers report what may be the first example of an intact planet closely orbiting a white dwarf

A new theory about the nature of dark matter helps explain why a pair of galaxies about 65 million light-years from Earth contains very little of the mysterious matter, according to a study led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside. Dark matter is nonluminous and cannot be...

The discovery gives scientists a front seat to the earliest stages of planet formation

For some distant worlds, carbon monoxide may actually be compatible with a robust microbial biosphere

UC Riverside astronomers develop educational workshop converting astronomical phenomena into vibrations that can be felt rather than heard

A team of UCR-led scientists get best measure yet of why star formation stopped in galaxy clusters in the early universe

Team led by UC Riverside astronomer George Becker used the Subaru telescope to make the discovery